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The Robinhood Army


In 2014, Neel Ghose and a couple of his friends spent an evening distributing excess food that they had collected from local restaurants to the under privileged living under the Hauz Khas flyover in South Delhi. Four years later in 2018, that little act of kindness form Neel and friends laid the foundation of “The Robin Hood Army”, an organization entirely supported by volunteer work that used the act of food redistribution to bring out the simplest in humanity. By the start of 2019, the Robin Hood Army was present in twelve countries, was serving over 500,000 meals per month, and had helped around 750 children enroll in public schools. All of it without raising one rupee, in line with their “golden rule” of being a zero-funds organization.

The Robinhood army is now a Harvard Case study:

This case explores the challenges and opportunities related to fast growth and international expansion of a start-up organization that operates with no monetary assets. The discussion of this case offers the chance to explore factors associated with attraction, retention, and motivation of talent in organizations. The Robin Hood Army urge to channel the surplus food from restaurants to the less fortunate people. Our local chapters are run by friends and colleagues who hope to make a difference in their own small way. For instance, restaurants in Green Park, Delhi will contribute to the homeless of their locality who sleep with hunger in Green Park. Our volunteers are largely students and young working professionals. The lesser fortunate sections we help include homeless families, night shelters, orphanages, and patients from public hospitals. The RHA may be a decentralized organization and doesn't accept monetary contributions- we just need your time.



 -Moumita
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